concentration and profitability even when the largest banks are excluded from the sample, suggesting that the relationship between … concentration and profitability may act in a generalised structural way. In addition to very large banks, large banks and small … banks also appear to benefit from concentration, but with no clear advantages to lower-middle-sized banks. Analysis of the …

supporting the idea that the reform had a positive average effect and increased banks competition intensity during a few years …. However, we also document heterogeneity as some large banks benefited from an increase in their market power. We perform …

supporting the idea that the reform had a positive average effect and increased banks competition intensity during a few years …. However, we also document heterogeneity as some large banks benefited from an increase in their market power. We perform …

fundamental question is whether those banks located in more concentrated markets were more vulnerable during the crisis or were … profitability and stability of 6540 banks in 49 emerging and advanced countries during the crisis period 2007-2010. We find that …, on the other hand, improves both the profitability and stability of individual banks during the crisis. These results …

market over the period 2002 to 2009. Consistent with other emerging economies, the results suggest that African banks …

measures of profitability in the sector. They were indicating that the accumulation of assets eats into the incomes of banks in …

measures of profitability in the sector. They were indicating that the accumulation of assets eats into the incomes of banks in …

complex. Multinational banks can benefit from portfolio diversification, reducing their overall riskiness, but this effect can … crisis of 2007–2008. For a sample of 384 listed banks from 56 countries, we calculate two measures of risk for the period … balance-sheet-based and backward-looking measure – and relate them to the degree of banks’ internationalization. We find …